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02 May

Making Ends Meet: New Jersey Booksellers Promote, Partner, and Publish

When Pat and Walter Boyer bought Bookends in 2002, the Ridgewood, New Jersey, store was already on the map. The 21-year-old store's suburban location, less than 25 miles and under 40 minutes from mid-town Manhattan, is a convenient stop for major authors after a morning television appearance or an afternoon public radio interview.

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28 Apr

BEA -- Five Weeks and Counting

This week, BTW shines a spotlight on Thursday, June 2, programming at this year's BookExpo America (BEA) for children's booksellers, for African-American booksellers, and for college stores. BEA will be held from June 2 - 5, at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center.

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28 Apr

Remembering the Maine Forum

On Wednesday, April 20, ABA held its first-ever spring Booksellers Forum in Maine, the second event of the season in cooperation with the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA). The event, at the Portland Public Library, included ABA's education session "Renegotiating a Lease" and an open forum discussion.

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28 Apr

Harry Days Are Here Again

When Scholastic's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the penultimate book in J.K. Rowlings' series, materializes in stores on July 16, no frog, owl, broom, or jellybean will be safe. The eve of the laydown dates of the previous Potter books has been magical for many independent bookstores.

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